diff -Naur --no-dereference a/hw/smbios/smbios.c b/hw/smbios/smbios.c
--- a/hw/smbios/smbios.c
+++ b/hw/smbios/smbios.c
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@
 
     t->bios_characteristics = cpu_to_le64(0x08); /* Not supported */
     t->bios_characteristics_extension_bytes[0] = 0;
-    t->bios_characteristics_extension_bytes[1] = 0x14; /* TCD/SVVP | VM */
+    t->bios_characteristics_extension_bytes[1] = 0x08; /* TCD/SVVP */
     if (smbios_type0.uefi) {
         t->bios_characteristics_extension_bytes[1] |= 0x08; /* |= UEFI */
     }